Entry Word: agitation

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a state of wildly excited activity or emotion <knew immediately, from the horsesʼ agitation, that something terrible was happening> — see frenzy
2 an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble <experienced a great deal of agitation over whether she had an appropriate dress for her husbandʼs inauguration> — see anxiety 1